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A rasping, tounge-like organ that is found in all mollusks except bivalves |
Radula |
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The largest known species of jelly fish |
Lions mane |
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Another term for a mollusks shell |
Valve |
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Term referring to organisms with two different body forms |
Dimorphism |
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The free-swimming larva that emerges from the egg in many mollusks |
Trochophore |
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Immature, eight-armed, free-swimming medusae formed from strobilation |
Ephyrae |
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Internal buds which can help sponges survive harsh conditions; a type of asexual reproduction |
Gemmules |
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Exit opening at the top of a sponge |
Osculum |
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Name for the middle layer of a mollusks shell |
Prismatic |
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Name for the middle layer of a mollusks shell |
Prismatic |
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Needle-like structures that make up the skeleton of many sponges |
Spicules |
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Modified gills present in many aquatic mollusks; feathery or comb-like structures used for respiration |
Ctenidia |
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Strong muscles which extend between the shells to tightly hold a bivalves shell closed |
Adductor |
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The simplest sponge body form in which choanocytes lie in a large chamber called the spongocoel |
Asconoid |
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Class of sponges in which the spicules have three or four rays |
Calcarea |
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“Stomach foot” |
Gastropoda |
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“Stomach foot” |
Gastropoda |
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Organs that remove metabolic wastes from a mollusks body |
Nephridia |
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The nematocysts sensor which triggers the filament to pop out |
Cnidocil |
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The giant barrel sponge is nicknamed “_________ of the reef” |
Redwood |
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The giant barrel sponge is nicknamed “_________ of the reef” |
Redwood |
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Name for the pores on a sponge |
Ostia |
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The name porifera means______ |
Pore-bearing |
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Most complex and most common sponge body form in which choanocytes lie in distinct chambers |
Leuconoid |
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Motile larva of a jellyfish |
Planula |
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Sensory structures used for light reception |
Ocelli |
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Sponges have whag type of symmetry |
Assymetry |
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A membraneous sheath of skin extending from the visceral mass that hangs down on each side of the body, protecting the soft parts |
Mantle |
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Cnidarian stinging cells |
Cnidocytes |
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Cephalopoda |
Head-foot |
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The term gastropod means this |
Soft |
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The extra cellular matrix that acts like glue between the two body layers; the jelly of a jelly fish |
Mesoglea |
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Type of asexual reproduction in which knobs of tissue form on the side of an existing polyp |
Budding |
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Nickname for chironex fleckeri |
Sea wasp |
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Process in which a polyp can produce many Medusae |
Strobilation |
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Process in which a polyp can produce many Medusae |
Strobilation |
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The most common type of cnidae |
Nematocysts |
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Sea anemones have this type of symmetry |
Radial |
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Sea anemones have this type of symmetry |
Radial |
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Body form of free-swimming jellyfish |
Medusa |
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Sea anemones have this type of symmetry |
Radial |
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Body form of free-swimming jellyfish |
Medusa |
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The most venomous animal in the word |
Box jelly |
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Cnidarian stinging cells |
Cnidocytes |
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Cnidarian stinging cells |
Cnidocytes |
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The jelly like extracellular matrix of a sponge |
Mesohyl |
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Cnidarian stinging cells |
Cnidocytes |
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The jelly like extracellular matrix of a sponge |
Mesohyl |
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Animals found on rocky marine shorelines with 8 overlapping plates on their dorsal surface |
Chiton |
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Cnidarian stinging cells |
Cnidocytes |
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The jelly like extracellular matrix of a sponge |
Mesohyl |
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Animals found on rocky marine shorelines with 8 overlapping plates on their dorsal surface |
Chiton |
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The large, muscular organ mollusks use for locomotion and prey capture |
Foot |
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Cnidarian stinging cells |
Cnidocytes |
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The jelly like extracellular matrix of a sponge |
Mesohyl |
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Animals found on rocky marine shorelines with 8 overlapping plates on their dorsal surface |
Chiton |
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The large, muscular organ mollusks use for locomotion and prey capture |
Foot |
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The oldest part of a bivalve shell |
Umbo |
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Cnidarian stinging cells |
Cnidocytes |
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The jelly like extracellular matrix of a sponge |
Mesohyl |
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Animals found on rocky marine shorelines with 8 overlapping plates on their dorsal surface |
Chiton |
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The large, muscular organ mollusks use for locomotion and prey capture |
Foot |
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The oldest part of a bivalve shell |
Umbo |
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Motile larva of a jelly fish |
Planula |
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Cnidarian stinging cells |
Cnidocytes |
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The jelly like extracellular matrix of a sponge |
Mesohyl |
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Animals found on rocky marine shorelines with 8 overlapping plates on their dorsal surface |
Chiton |
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The large, muscular organ mollusks use for locomotion and prey capture |
Foot |
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The oldest part of a bivalve shell |
Umbo |
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Motile larva of a jelly fish |
Planula |
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Material which composes the inner layer of a mollusks shell |
Nacre |